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Income inequality and redistribution in Europe
Tóthová, Simona ; Gregor, Martin (advisor) ; Lopušník, Ondřej (referee)
This thesis is an empirical investigation of the relationship between income inequality and redistribution and their impact on the poorest segment of population. It is examined by two models in which we use transformed Gini coefficient as a measure of income inequality and sharegain (difference between disposable and factor income share of given decile) as a measure of redistribution. Relationships are tested on a sample consisting of 24 European countries in the period 1990 -2005. This sample is deeply analyzed with special emphasis put on post-communist countries. First model points out that redistribution can be a luxury social good. Second model shows the inverse process and supports the hypothesis of positive relationship between redistribution and overall income equality. Keywords income inequality, redistribution, factor income, disposable income, Gini coefficient, sharegain
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Coaching as a support method in the process of quitting smoking
Šmejkalová, Andrea ; Niederlová, Markéta (advisor) ; Hrachovinová, Tamara (referee)
This thesis deals with the possibility of using psychological coaching as a support method for smoking cessation. The theoretical section provides an overview of key information on the topics of coaching and smoking, with an emphasis primarily on the aspects applied in the qualitative research project, the description of which constitutes the content of the empirical section. On the basis of the author's preconceived original design which, in addition to the diagnostic and evaluation phases, comprised the essential stage of the three-month long coaching of nine smokers in different stages of the cessation process, the author sought to map the potential benefits, advantages and other aspects of the use of coaching as an innovative method, thusfar not commonly included among the established alternatives offered as smoking cessation intervention techniques. Keywords: coaching, smoking, tobacco dependence, smoking cessation, quitting smoking
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Family Residence in Sedlec near Prague
Melcr, Petr ; Betlach, Pavel (referee) ; Fišarová, Zuzana (advisor)
The subject of the thesis is to proposal a new family house in the village Sedlec near to Prague. The building is situated in a sloping landscape. Emphasis is placed on the total visual impression of the building and how the building could blend in with the surrounding landscape. The building is intended for permanent residency for a family of four members. The building has two floors above and no basements. The building included also a garage for two cars. The design for the building was made in a system Liapor. The project includes a flat shed roof above the apartment and a flat roof with an attic above the garage.
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The second living in urban areas: the case of garden colony in Libeň
DAŇKOVÁ, Šárka
The aim of this thesis is to capture and describe the development and current trends in the issues of second housing in the Czech Republic, with particular emphasis on investigation of recreational facilities in gardening colony Prague-Libeň. In the introductory part of this thesis the author describes a typology of recreational sites, their development and current status (expansion of recreational areas, morphological types of settlements, location of recreational facilities due to a permanent residence). The subsequent section focuses on the issues of gardening area Prague-Libeň, one of the oldest in the Czech Republic. The thesis also deals with history of the site as well as its situation nowadays - because of its location near attractive building plots (housing project Prague Marina, residential area DOCK) the colony is facing the efforts of being liquidate. On the example of Libeň gardening colony the author of this thesis points out legislative, ownership and locally-administrative aspects of the existence of urban gardening colony. The thesis also includes the qualitative sociological survey amongst residents of the colony. This survey is focused on their motivation for acquisition and subsequent maintenace of a recreational facility, social structure of the owners and how they perceive the real threat to the existence of this colony.
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The Role of Heterogeneous Households in the DSGE model: Application to the Czech Republic
Palas, Michal ; Bobková, Božena (advisor) ; Kukačka, Jiří (referee)
In this thesis, we study the role of non-Ricardian households in an open economy dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model calibrated for the Czech Republic. We show that the presence of non-Ricardian households induces a short-term raise in aggregate consumption in response to a government spending shock. The combination of price and wage rigidities, habit formation, and the open economy design enables a low share of non-Ricardian consumers to be sufficient to predict the positive comovement of government spending and aggregate consumption. We estimate the sensitivity of consumption to changes in disposable income in the Czech Republic, and our results suggest that a significant share of income goes to non- Ricardian households. If the nominal-wage stickiness is assumed, the inclusion of non- Ricardian households does not considerably alter the determinacy of the model, and an interest rate rule satisfying the Taylor principle is sufficient to get a unique stable solution. The overall performance of the model is studied through the analysis of impulse responses to various shocks.
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Alois Toufar as an artist and educator
KŘIVÁNKOVÁ, Lucie
This thesis deals with a significant art teacher and painter Alois Toufar. It monitors progress of his professional activity with emphasis on the term "Brtnicky krouzek" as well as territory of Toufar´s not only professional activity. As opposed to all the other published and rather patchy works about Alois Toufar, this thesis essentially uses oral information sources, which in result give much more stereoscopic images about the life of Alois Toufar as a significant person in art education with not only regional importance. Expected benefit of this thesis is the improvement of current ability of children's speech and particularly mapping life and career of significant personality of art education, which is not too exposed today.
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Lifestyle image in the pages magazine Květy (1960-1968)
Nováková, Radka ; Köpplová, Barbara (advisor) ; Sládková, Hana (referee)
Thesis Lifestyle in magazine Květy (1960 - 1968) deals with the lifestyle in the years 1960 - 1968 in Czechoslovakia from the viewpoint magazíne Květy. The work examines how the magazine, presented lifestyle in the reference period and how they influenced the ideas of readers' lifestyles. Due to the great range of lifestyle related work has focused solely on housing, leisure and fashion. In the field of housing, work has concentrated on available housing, household furniture, decorations and articles of daily use. In the fashion most attention was focused on the clothing, hairstyles then in fashion and beauty treatments. Leisure time has been reduced to activities designed for relaxation, entertainment and distraction, prevailed in the area of recreation, sports activities and activities of various interest groups. Lifestyle in the analysis of the text was analyzed using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods of content analysis. Quantitative analysis is mainly concerned with the development of a range of lifestyle topics. Qualitative analysis provides information about the content of a particular lifestyle topics. The paper also deals with the theoretical embedding the concept of lifestyle, a lifestyle of Czechoslovakia in the 60s 20th century, the magazine examined the...
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Screening art house movies in the multiplex Cinestar Andel
Kafuňková, Martina ; Hanzlík, Jan (advisor) ; Kouba, Vojtěch (referee)
The Bachelor Thesis "Screening art house movies in the multiplex Cinestar Andel" deals with the role of art house movies in the multiplex Cinestar Andel. The theoretical part describes the terms "art house film", "multiplex" and "film festival". It also shows the possibilities of screening art house films. The question of the impact of digitalization on the distribution of Art House films is also considered. The practical part focuses on current examples of screening art house films, namely Febiofest and the Europa Cinema project. The conclusion is answering the question whether it is appropiate to combine different elements of Hollywood blockbusters and European art house cinema or other art cinema in the space of a specific multiplex.
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Firearms in the Middle East. Beginnings, Production and Use.
Beran, Pavel ; Veselý, Rudolf (advisor) ; Bouzek, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with the development of the hand-held firearms in the Middle East with an emphasis on the period from the 15th to the end of the 18th century. In some passages it also marginally mentions the early 19th century. The first part of the thesis concentrates on the development of firearms in a historical context. The focus is primarily on the Ottoman Empire and partially on Egypt. Among other topics it also analyses the practical use of firearms and the related military tactics including the presence of firearms in major battles, as shown on contemporary paintings and miniatures. In the second part the author deals with the technical development of hand-held firearms. This section focuses mostly on the components of firearms and their development. This section also in some degree deals with the artistic aspects of the preserved firearms. The supplements consist of numerous photographs of the preserved exhibits in Czech and foreign collections and also of other visual materials. Keywords firearms, gunpowder, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Mamluks, Egypt, flintlock, matchlock, miquelet, stock, barrel, decoration, miniatures
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Communication Protocol Optimization
Buno, Petr ; Korček, Pavol (referee) ; Kořenek, Jan (advisor)
This thesis deals with smart home issue, analyzes existing solutions and is focused on the system that is developed in collaboration with FIT VUT in Brno. The emphasis is on the description of client application for control and monitoring of smart home system. Furthermore, the work discussed base theoretical knowledge from internet communication field, which is closely related to these issues. The core of the work is to design a communication protocol between the server and a mobile device. Finally, the work also includes a description of a network layer at the device using this protocol. The last part is devoted to testing and evaluation of the final solution.
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